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Doing Time: For the prison writers whose work is included in this anthology, it means more than "offering a word"; it means staying alive and sane, preserving dignity, reinventing oneself, and somehow retaining one's mankind. For the last quarter century the prestigious writers' organization Pencil has sponsored a contest for writers behind pubs to help prisoners face these difficulties. The contest honors the best brief stories, takes on, essays, and poems among hundreds posted annually by men and women across the country. Bell Chevigny, a writer herself and a ex - prison tutor, has decided on the best of the to make Doing Time - a timely, beautiful, sometimes damaging, but vital work, which demonstrates resoundingly that prison writing is a captivating branch of American literature.
